embalming
10 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an Embalmer
The process, the training, the weird requests from families, the nightmares, and how death makes you appreciate life.
Inside the Funeral Homes Posing the Dead Like They're Still Alive
We talked to the head of one of New Orleans's oldest funeral homes about why some families are drawn to "extreme embalmings."
A Day in the Life of a Funeral Director
James Donofrio has worked in a funeral home since age 12. He's now 57.
What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science?
It takes courage to give away the only thing that is truly yours, even if you're already dead.
The Art and Science of Making Dead People Look Alive Again
We talked to Daniella Marcantoni, a licensed embalmer and makeup artist for the deceased, about how she works to make corpses look a little less lifeless.
Dying Is Pretty Bad for the Environment
New evidence shows that cremation may be worse for us than we thought. Which doesn't leave a whole lot of options if you're aiming for a green death.
What Happens When You Donate Your Body to Science?
By the end of 2015, Australia will have welcomed its first human body farm, giving you a new option for what to do with your body after you die.
This Mortician Wants You to Take a Hands-On Approach with Corpses
"We are entrenched in the idea that dead bodies are dangerous, and we are entrenched in the idea that it is better to have professionals do it... American death is a really recent invention."
Richard the Lionheart Wasn't Poisoned, Analysis of the Long-Dead King's Heart Shows
New clues reveal he may not have died quite as romantically as many long believed.
Living Off Death
As long as the bodies keep piling up, Yovani's mom-and-pop Mexican mortuary thrives.
Ungrateful Dead
Yes, I'm a funeral director. That doesn't mean that I stand there in a jacket and skirt at someone's wake comforting the bereaved family. Nope.